Here is my action item for checkpoint 2.7. I was to add to the
rationale and success criteria to explain why authoring tools should
not mess with namespaces they don't understand.
Original 2.7 rationale:
Markup that is not recognized by an authoring tool may have been added
to enhance accessibility.
Changed to:
Markup that is not recognized by an
authoring tool may have been added to enhance accessibility.
Also, newer XML-based languages, such as XHTML 1.1, allow
authors to include multiple languages in a single document, via
namespaces. In the future, documents may contain metadata, including
accessibility information, in another namespace. Authoring tools must
not
strip this information when it is encountered.
Techniques: Implementation Techniques for Checkpoint 2.7, Evaluation
Techniques for Checkpoint 2.7
Success Criteria:
1. All well-formed markup is preserved.
2. The author is queried for their consent before any unrecognized
markup is removed or changed.
Added:
3. The tool does not interfere with content in namespaces it is not
able to process.
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